Specisicatioh



(No Model.)

i W. wQ MARTIN.

TWINE LOCK.

Patented Aug. 18,1896.

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'WILLIAM "Wu MARTIN, OF BEENT'WOOD, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO MATTHEW B. MARTIN, OF BRGOKLYN, NEW YORK.

QEEGTFTGATKQN forming; pert of Letters lPetent No. 566,272, detect Au 18, 1896 Application filed December 13, 1893. tierlal No. 493,655. \No model.)

The object of my invention is to provide a secure fastening for a. string or twine without the use of knots; and the invention itself consists of certain novel details of construction to he hereinafter described, and pointed out particularly in the claim at the end of this specification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents the twine-loch in its simplest form Fig. 2 represents the twine-lock in use to festen a string or twine about or around a package. Fig. 3 represents the twine-lock with two incisions. The purpose of the second-end lower incision will he set forth hereinafter. Fig. 4 represents the twine-loch with two incisions in use to fasten a string or twineebout or around e package. Fig, 5 represents the twine lock "with a. wide space between the in- I cisions to permit the use of-printed or engreved matter upon the face of the lock.

Like letters of reference in the severei fig n'res indicete the same part.

Fig. 1 represents the twine-lockin its simplest form, which is made of any snite'h'le me tericl, preferably of cerdbocrdmnd may heve enysuiteble shape, preierebly-the diamond shape. An incision A is med'eili the ccrdboard, running toward or to emiedien line, and this ineisionis preferehflyegnierged to B at its end. it may he. desirehieto h'eve severel 5o bej'inede of any desirednieteriel and naive incisions end one or each inn-ybe strengthened with a pieceN,i1idiceted. by dotted line. The piece N is simply e. reiniorcingstrip which is secureo around the edge of the incision A.

This strip may he on one or both sides of the cerdbi'ierd-support end nieybe secured thereto in any suitable manner. This 's'tigip gtey any suitable dimensions. It operates to strengthen the edge of the incision, so as to prevent the twine from tearing or breaking the sections of the cardboard during its movement in being Wound through the incision.

Fig. 2 represents the twine-lock in use. The string or twice E is first Wound several times through the incision A and then drawn up into the enlargement B of this incision. The lock is then firmly held with one hand on the package and the other hand passes the string or twine E e'boutthe package, bringing it under the lock and around the string underneath, :is indicated by the dotted line D. If desired, the string or twine then passed about the package in enoth (in-direction H and is brought again under the lock and Wound around the stringheneeth the lock several times and then drawn through the incision A, in order to festen the string or twine K in the lock.

Fig. 3 represents the twine-lock with two incisions from the edge toward or to a. median line. Theuppcr incision is made to fasten the string or twine as described in Fig. 2,. and the lower incision O is made to let the string E pass into it and over the pointL, in

order to hold the, lock in a. fixed position;-

Fig'. 4: represents the twine-lock having the two incisions in use. The string or twine E is first Wound through the upper incision A and then drawn up into the enlargement B of this incision. The lock is then firmly held with the hand on the package and the other hand passes the string E about the peckege, bringing it under the lock and around the string underneath the look, as indicated by the dotted line D. If desired, the string or twine is passed about the package in another direction H and is brought again under the lock and Wound several times around the string beneath the lock and then drawn through the incision A, in order to fasten the string or'twineK in the lock. The part of the string or twine E below the lock is then passed into thelowerincision C and is brought over thepoint Lend in this manner the lock is held securely in one position.

Fig. orepresents the twine-lock with a suiteble space for the introduction of printed or engraved matter.

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Having described the twine-lock and its mode of operation, what I claim as new and pertaining to my invention is In a twine-lock, in combination with the 5 twine or cord, a flat thin tablet or card having peripheral incisions extending thereinto,

at diagonally opposite corners, one of which is used for fastening or looking the twine,

which is wound about the card on one edge of the incision, while the other is used to en- 10 gage the twine to hold the device firmly in its position, substantially as described.

XVILLIAM ll. MARTIN. lVitnesses:

J. R. BUcKELEW, G. M. COPENHAVER. 

